› What platforms does piggy run on?

‹ What platforms does piggy run on?

› Which handheld unit is best for piggy?

‹ Which handheld unit is best for piggy?

The tl;dr version of the question is, it is a very close run thing, all the different options run piggy pretty well, they are all in 80 to 150 usd range and are all now fairly easy to get up and running (if you have XP for opendingux). If you want Midi out, get a GP2x, if you want a larger comfortable unit with a big screen get a PSP, if you want something which is ultra portable with a really long battery life, get a Dingoo.

More detailed version :

› PSP pros/cons

‹ PSP pros/cons

Pros- PSP3000 Still in production.- Sleep mode.- Clean audio output.- Large Screen, It really is rather lovely.- Easy access to memory stick as PSP functions as USB mass storage.- Easy to find,- Very comfortable to useCons- Needs Customer Firmware to install custom firmware before LPGT will work- Larger and heavier than other options.- Fairly short battery life, especially if you get an older model.- No Midi out.- Uses Sony Memory Sticks which are a shade more expensive.- Headphone jack in a mildly annoying place (bottom left).- PSP 1000 doesn't have TV out and has 32mb of RAM vs 64mb for PSP2000 and above.

› GP2X pros/cons

‹ GP2X pros/cons

Pros- only hand held with MIDI OUT- Uses standard AA batteries, - Doesn't need custom firmware to get LGPT running, just unzip and go.- Uses standard SD cards.- Sensibly placed headphone jack on the back of the unit.Cons- Slow boot time- Seems to go through batteries quickly.- Increasingly hard to track down.- Headphone jack is too small for a lot of cables.- Thumbstick is very much a personal taste thing, I don't like it much, some people swear by it.

› Dingoo pros/cons

‹ Dingoo pros/cons

Pros- GBMicroish formfactor, literally pocket size and bad ass.- Charges via standard Mini USB jack- very long battery life- Sleep mode via Open Dingux- Swap/paging file virtual RAM allowed in dingux, so 512MB of RAM possibleCons- Requires custom firmware to install LGPT- Uses MiniSD (weird middle size SD card), minor con but worth bearing in mind.- By far the least comfortable to use (bleo is a robot and has square hands so it doesn't bother him).- Open dingux can be a huge pain to install (formatting the SD card correctly is not easy without XP).- Possible slightly dodgy build quality on later models?

› Cannoo pros/cons

‹ Cannoo pros/cons

Pros- Uses standard SD cards.- Very easy to get running.- Comfortable to use.Cons- Thumbstick isnt very strong (dropped my unit once and it broke) and as far as I can see it isn't a replaceable part.

› Which Dingoo variants run Dingux / Open Dingux?

‹ Which Dingoo variants run Dingux / Open Dingux?

The A-320 and the A-330 run Dingux / Open Dingux. The A-330e, the A-360 the A-380 don't. Other name / number variants of Dingoo almost certainly won't run Dingux / OpenDingux.

I was going to add another question to the FAQ but I am sure I have missed some details or could explain points better. Feel free to chime in!

› Which handheld unit is best for piggy?

‹ Which handheld unit is best for piggy?

The tl;dr version of the question is, it is a very close run thing, all the different options run piggy pretty well, they are all in 80 to 150 usd range and are all now fairly easy to get up and running (if you have XP for opendingux). If you want Midi out, get a GP2x, if you want a larger comfortable unit with a big screen get a PSP, if you want something which is ultra portable with a really long battery life, get a Dingoo.

More detailed version :

› PSP pros/cons

‹ PSP pros/cons

Pros- PSP3000 Still in production.- Sleep mode.- Clean audio output.- Large Screen, It really is rather lovely.- Easy access to memory stick as PSP functions as USB mass storage.- Easy to find,- Very comfortable to useCons- Needs Customer Firmware to install custom firmware before LPGT will work- Larger and heavier than other options.- Fairly short battery life, especially if you get an older model.- No Midi out.- Uses Sony Memory Sticks which are a shade more expensive.- Headphone jack in a mildly annoying place (bottom left).- PSP 1000 doesn't have TV out and has 32mb of RAM vs 64mb for PSP2000 and above.

› GP2X pros/cons

‹ GP2X pros/cons

Pros- only hand held with MIDI OUT- Uses standard AA batteries, - Doesn't need custom firmware to get LGPT running, just unzip and go.- Uses standard SD cards.- Sensibly placed headphone jack on the back of the unit.Cons- Slow boot time- Seems to go through batteries quickly.- Increasingly hard to track down.- Headphone jack is too small for a lot of cables.- Thumbstick is very much a personal taste thing, I don't like it much, some people swear by it.

› Dingoo pros/cons

‹ Dingoo pros/cons

Pros- GBMicroish formfactor, literally pocket size and bad ass.- Charges via standard Mini USB jack- very long battery life- Sleep mode via Open DinguxCons- Requires custom firmware to install LGPT- Uses Micro SD (weird middle size SD card), minor con but worth bearing in mind.- By far the least comfortable to use (bleo is a robot and has square hands so it doesnt bother him).- Open dingux can be a huge pain to install (formatting the SD card correctly is not easy without XP).- Possible slightly dodgy build quality on later models?

› Cannoo pros/cons

‹ Cannoo pros/cons

Pros- Uses standard SD cards.- Very easy to get running.- Comfortable to use.Cons- Thumbstick isnt very strong (dropped my unit once and it broke) and as far as I can see it isn't a replaceable part.

Cheers marc! Most of that information was dug out out of the huge piggy thread from a post bleo made which I followed up on. Anyone has anything to add to the pros and cons of any particular handheld, let me know!

I was totally thinking about including that but it seems to difficult to pin down, especially bearing in mind most of the handhelds are second hand and the PSP has different types of battery. That being said, I would rate them very roughly in terms of longest to shortest